Heiko Borner
Heiko Börner (born September 24, 1965 ) is a German opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
After elementary school in Brandoberndorf, Börner attended the Christian Wirth School in Usingen and graduated from high school in 1985. After training in social security and studying business administration at the University of Gießen and the Distance University in Hagen , he began private vocal training and made his debut in the opera choir of the Lübeck Theater . After changing to the opera choir of the Frankfurt Opera , he began his first engagement as a soloist at the Nordharzer Städtebundtheater in Halberstadt . From 2004 to 2008 Heiko Börner was part of the ensemble of the Mainfrankentheater in Würzburg ; Here he sang a broad repertoire in Italian, French and German subjects, which since starting his freelance career in 2008 has increasingly concentrated on the formation of hero tenor roles. His repertoire includes the title roles in Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser and Lohengrin , Walther von Stolzing from the Meistersingers , Erik in the Flying Dutchman , Weber's Max in Freischütz , Puccini's Cavaradossi in Tosca , Laca in Janáček's Jenůfa and Albert Gregor in The Makropulos Affair , and Britten's Peter Grimes and the title role in Verdi's Otello .
Heiko Börner has made guest appearances at theaters in Bremen, Bremerhaven, Erfurt, Freiburg, Hof, Krefeld-Mönchengladbach, Lübeck, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Staatstheater Oldenburg, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz / Munich, Staatstheater Schwerin, National Theater Weimar and the Värmlandsoperan in Karlstad / Sweden.
In the spring of 2016 he made his debut as Walther von Stolzing in Wagner's Meistersingern von Nürnberg at the Erfurt Theater and sang this role in the 2016/2017 season at the Landestheater Detmold and the Nationaltheater Weimar. The 2017/2018 season included his debut as Kaiser in Strauss' Frau ohne Schatten at the Landestheater Linz.
He lives in Hasselborn , Hesse , is married to the singer Anja Kaesmacher and has two sons.
Repertoire (selection)
Opera
- Britten, Death in Venice , Aschenbach
- Britten, Peter Grimes , Peter
- Janáček, The Makropulos Case , Albert Gregor (German)
- Janáček, Jenůfa , Laca (German)
- Mozart / Trojahn, La clemenza di Tito , Tito
- Puccini, Tosca , Cavaradossi
- Puccini, La Bohème , Rodolfo
- Schreker, Irrelohe , Count Heinrich
- Strauss, the woman without a shadow , the emperor
- Verdi, Otello , Otello
- Verdi, Rigoletto , Duca
- Wagner, The Flying Dutchman , Erik
- Wagner, Die Walküre , Siegmund (concert version)
- Wagner, Tannhäuser , Tannhäuser (both versions)
- Wagner, Lohengrin , Lohengrin
- Wagner, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg , Walther von Stolzing
- Wagner, Tristan and Isolde , Tristan
- Weber, Der Freischütz , Max
- Zemlinsky, The Dwarf , The Dwarf
operetta
- Kálmán, Countess Mariza , Tassilo
- Lehár, The Land of Smiles , Sou Chong
- Strauss, The Gypsy Baron , Barinkay
concert
- Beethoven, Christ on the Mount of Olives
- Beethoven, 9th Symphony
- Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde and Das klagende Lied
- Mendelssohn: Elias and The First Walpurgis Night
- Mozart: Requiem
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Web links
- Heiko Börner at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Heiko Börner homepage
Individual evidence
- ^ Death in Venice Halberstadt. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
- ^ Tannhäuser Schwerin. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Jenůfa. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Peter Grimes. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ omm. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
- ^ Theater Erfurt. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Detmold State Theater. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 26, 2017 ; accessed on January 26, 2016 .
- ^ Heiko Börner at Operabase (engagements and dates).
- ↑ Homepage. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Kaiser in Frau ohne Schatten / Landestheater Linz. Retrieved May 30, 2017 .
- ↑ The dwarf Zemlinsky. Retrieved January 29, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Borner, Heiko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1965 |